All posts from Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, including podcasts, announcements, articles, and more.
New York Times Article Here’s a recent article on Toyota’s globalization — how to grow and spread The Toyota Way quickly, yet effectively as they expand around the world. “It’s extremely important to have the same common Toyota Way infiltrated…
By Jason Turgeon: Introductions: I’m Jason Turgeon, the newest addition to the Lean Blog team. Mark and I have had an email dialog going for a few months about the intersection of green and lean, and he’s invited me to…
A tour of a LEAN-inspired clinical laboratory | DailyKaizen Here’s a nice story by Dr. Ted Eytan about a lab that a colleague of mine worked with in their Lean efforts. It is actually a lab that is mentioned briefly…
I’m having a local, informal “Lean Lunch” event in Southlake TX, Saturday March 15 at noon. It’s a gathering of some Lean folks from different companies who I’ve met through the blog. If you’re in town and interested in attending,…
strategy+business, the e-magazine from Booz, Allen & Hamilton, reports how the US Army is changing the way that it shares knowledge within such a massive organization. The new system is a powerful example of how respect for people and a…
Appleton Post-Crescent: Your Fox Cities News Source – ThedaCare CEO takes new job ThedaCare is one of the recognized leaders in the use of Lean and the Toyota Production System in hospitals. He has resigned as CEO of the health…
by Mike Lopez This morning, I experienced my annual visit to the optometrist. The wait was 30 minutes, but that is not what I wanted to address. At the optometrist, they have a fancy machine that takes a picture of…
Southwest. Way Southwest. – NY Times Jeff Bailey at the New York Times wrote a great article about Southwest Airlines and their legendary approach to the key lean principle of respect for people. After talking about Southwest’s propensity for cross-dressing…
Turning Chrysler Into Toyota It’s disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey, at least they really are a weekly publication, unlike our pals at IndustryWeek (sorry, haven’t…
TOM WALSH: DeVos’ answer for manufacturing in Michigan: Flexibility, teamwork Here is an article about the Republican who lost the Michigan governor’s race last year, Dick DeVos. Considering all of the problems in the state’s economy, it might have been…
Wachter’s World : The Checklist Saga: Victory! This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been following the “checklists” saga. The federal government has reversed its earlier decision to shutdown the…
Analyze This: Hoaxer Haunts Earnings Calls – WSJ.com Some guy (not me) has been spoofing his way onto companies’ investor / analyst calls, asking questions about Lean and Six Sigma. He’s using a fake name and uses a lot of…
